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Zoe Ball reveals she had ‘emotional breakdown’ after mother’s death

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Zoe Ball fights back tears as she opens up on emotional breakdown after mother’s death

The Independent UK

Ex-sergeant major admits sexually assaulting soldier who took her own life

Senior Battery Sergeant Major Michael Webber pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault at a pre-trial hearing on Friday

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Online Safety Act to be tightened on self-harm exposure

Samaritans said communications regulator Ofcom must ‘use their powers to hold platforms to account so we can save more lives lost to suicide’.

Evening Standard

Paddy Pimblett: I considered killing myself until I reached out for help

Exclusive interview: English UFC star is on a mission to get men talking about mental health

Evening Standard

Australian embassy issues warning after tourist drinks offering at Japanese burial site

Japanese people place food and drink at graves to honour their dead

The Independent UK

This country is banning ‘nudify’ apps. How will it actually work?

ANALYSIS: Nicola Henry reports on how a ban on nudify apps in Australia would work

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ChatGPT to get parental controls after family says AI coached teen user’s death by suicide

OpenAI will let parents link their accounts to their teens’ accounts and select what features they can access

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Killer, 88, wrote note asking for forgiveness after smothering ‘wonderful’ wife to death

He told a fire service watch manager his wife was ‘very ill’

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Prisoner trapped on abolished indefinite jail term took his own life after government refused to resentence him

Keith Gadd, 60, died in prison 13 years over his original tariff with no family left to contact

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A California teen died by suicide. His family says AI coached him and ‘he would be here but for ChatGPT’

Adam Raine’s parents were horrified to discover that their son had for months been talking with chatbot about ending his life

The Independent UK

Inside the prison conditions faced by Australia’s mushroom murderer

A Supreme Court judge noted Erin Patterson’s prison conditions do not ‘sound very humane’

The Independent UK

Prince Andrew facing ‘unsparing’ Virginia Giuffre memoir released from beyond the grave

Bombshell new Jeffrey Epstein book puts spotlight back on Duke of York

Evening Standard

Experienced skydiver fell 15,500ft to her death after relationship ended, coroner finds

Jade Damarell, 32, died after crashing into farmland on April 27

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‘It became a place for me’: Zoe Ball on coping with grief after Billy Yates’ death

The BBC broadcaster, 54, reflected on her experiences during the latest episode of her podcast Dig It

Evening Standard

Strictly Come Dancing star Ore Oduba on finding ‘strength’ after devastating loss of sibling to suicide

The TV presenter revealed that his family had been devastated by the loss of his sibling, Lola, who died in April

Evening Standard

Classical singer Russell Watson contemplated taking his own life during brain tumour battle

The tenor had tumour-removal surgeries two decades ago

Evening Standard

Person dies after being hit by train at Old Street station prompting huge emergency services response

The death at the east London station is not being treated as suspicious

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Soaring demand at food banks across Africa thanks to massive aid cuts

IN FOCUS: Food banks in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa say they are under increasing pressure, writes Nick Ferris – with aid cuts by Donald Trump’s US and other nations compounding the impact of the climate crisis and a spike in the cost of living

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NHS official admits ‘what we did wasn’t enough’ for 14-year-old who died under care of mental health hospital

Mental health units for most mentally unwell children across the country struggle to staff wards, admits official

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What counts as bullying? Parents and schools often disagree

A study found that when parents think their child is being bullied, around two-thirds of the time, the school does not agree

The Independent UK

Try these four therapist-approved ‘brain hacks’ to help relieve stress and reset your nervous system quickly

Your brain responds quickly to certain stimuli like breathing, temperature and noise. According to an integrative therapist you can use these techniques to reduce stress quickly

The Guardian - UK

‘Soul-destroying’: Samaritans volunteers blindsided by proposed closures

Team who raised nearly £300,000 to replace building left in limbo by plan to close at least 100 UK and Ireland centres

The Independent UK

Every Brilliant Thing review – Lenny Henry is lighthearted in this beloved off-the-cuff solo comedy about suicide

3/5 When it debuted, Duncan Macmillan’s play felt like a new way to talk about depression and suicide, but in the 11 years since, it already feels less radical

The Guardian - UK

Resistance to change in the lifesaving work of the Samaritans

Letters: Readers respond to Peter Ormerod’s piece about the organisation’s plans to close half of its branches and move volunteers to ‘regional hubs’, with some working from home

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